CIP 51.3401
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Direct Entry Midwifery
1
Colleges Offering This Major
17
Annual Completions
Degree Levels
Bachelor's
About This Major
A program that prepares individuals to provide pre-natal, natural birth, and immediate postpartum care to pregnant women in jurisdictions licensing direct (non-nursing) training for midwives. Includes instruction in basic obstetrics, women's health, fetal development, childbirth education, maternal nutrition and health, labor support, natural childbirth, postpartum support, prebirth counseling and risk screening, management of obstetric emergencies, patient referral, applicable regulations, and professional standards and ethics.
Program Examples
- Direct Entry Midwifery
- Licensed Midwife (LM)
- Certified Professional Midwife (CPM)
At a Glance
- CIP Code
- 51.3401
- CIP Family
- 51
- Colleges
- 1
- Annual Completions
- 17
- Degree Levels
- Bachelor's
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